Woven carrier.



F. R. BATCHELDER.

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WOVEN CARRIER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led May23, 1916. Serial No. 99,322. i

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known th at l, FRANK R. BArcHELnnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lTorcester, in the county of Vorcester, State of1Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inWoven Carriers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention has relation to pocketed carriers made of woven material,namely carriers on the lorder of those which are used for holdingandcarrying cartridges, packaged first-aid supplies, etc.

Among the pocketed carriers to which the invention is applicable arecomprised cartridgefcarriers, hospital corps belts, medical officersbelts, and others having various special adaptations.v

More particularly, the invention relates to the covers which areprovided in connection with the pockets of carriers o-f the said generalclass.

Carriers of the general class in question, made of flexible wovenmaterial and sometimes known as woven carriers, have been providedheretofore with cover-flaps made of fieXible woven material.Almostrinvariably, however, the ordinary pocket cover or flap has been a'mere strip of web, pointed, equipped witha fastener, anddrawn from backto front over the mouth or opening of the pocket. This form of cover hasnot constituted a completeclosure for the opening of the pocket,'but onthe contrary has left it possible for water to enter between the coverand the edge of the pocket; `also for dust to penetrate easily intoAthepocket while troops are on the march; and also for cartridges or similarsmall objects to become lostfrom .the

pocket, particularly with mounted troops on the trot, or when the wearerof the carrier is lying down. Y

None of the covers or flaps o-f woven material employed up to thepresent time meets satisfactorily the purposes of thepresent invention,in respect of being capable of affording complete protection to theVcontents of a pocket as well as effectually safe-guarding' againstaccidental escape of such conv tents, and in other respects. So far asam aware, it has never been perceived heretofore how to make out ofwoven material an eective and practical cover which will thus meet thesaid purposes. lVoven fabric is vnot as well adapted as leather to vbemade up and f used' in cut, shaped, and stitched form, vand accordinglyonly simple 'forms of cover- .flaps have been employed in connectionwith j the carriers aforesaid. These4 simple forms of cover-napsaiford'only incomplete or inadequate protection, butnothing better thana simple or practically plain lcover-flap of woven material has enteredintouse. On the othery hand, woven vmaterial has been found better thanleather in different practical respects'for'usein the case of pocketedcarriers, vfor instance as 4regards durability and capacity to withstandclimatic conditions',- and by reason of its greater fiexibility. It canbe producedfofgreater strength with less weight, and of'greateruniformity in f strength and other desirable qualities. lt

ltherefore vis used vin the manufacture of pocketed carriers,notwithstanding the drawbacks and disadvantages which restrict itscapabilities and prevent it from being Patented Jarn, 1991*?.

shaped by cutting, and the parts or pieces from being applied, unitedand combined in the'same manner in which leather mightbe. Thecomparative iiexibility of woven material is at one Vand the'same timean advantage and a drawback or disadvantage, they drawback ordisadvantage residing in the fact that woven pockets do not have therequisite stiffness to enable them to retain ydefinite shapesaccurately. Another drawbackl or disadvantage is that the cut edges .iof woven material are objectionable. fray and present projecting andloose ends They of threads, unless they are bound with tape dornot holdreliably unless the material is turned or folded over upon itself, inwhich case the bulkiness of the' two or more thicknesses comprised in afolded-over portion or webbingor turned or folded in. When y cut marginsarerunited by stitches, the seams frequently is objectionable andundesirable.

The invention has for its general object the production of a practicalimprovedfleXivble cover which shall aord complete protection for thecontents of the pocket with which it is combined, by effectuallyexcluding moisture, mud, sand Vand dust; which shall eifectually insureagainst the escape of articles (as for instance, cartridges in the ecasev of a cartridge-carrier) and which shall be of a constructionenabling the drawbacks Y or disadvantagesof woven material, abovevreferred to, to be avoided or be properly taken care of.

Arlhe invention provides a woven carrier comprising a body-web and awoven pocket projecting from the face of the said. web, Vwith a covercomprising essentially' a hood of flexible material, flexibly unitedwith the back of the pocket, having a front which extends down in frontof the front wall of the said pocket, and side-skirts which extend down.alongside the sides of the pocket, and prevent the existence ofopenings at the opposite sides of the closed and covered pocket. Certainfeatures of the invention provide for giving the top of the hood-likecover a well-defined rectangularity and an area corresponding withthecross-section ,ofV the filled pocket, and for causing the side-skirtsVto form well-defined angles top.` Y

AV pocket cover made in conformity with my invention constitutes acomplete covering and protection against Vthe entrance of with the saidwater, dust, etc., and against the escape of small objects contained inthe pocket. It is especially valuable in the case of belts carryinghospital corps supplies, these supplies frequently including packets ofgauze thinly wrapped in muslin or paper, and similar first aid andmedical packages. lt is impor- -tant also where troops are-required toVcarry CIJ not merely the-ordinary cartridges arranged in chps but paperboxes or cartons containing clipsas packed at the cartridge-makingfactory'. It is desired in some countries, for

example, to issue to the troops sealed cartons which are not to beopened except firing orders are given. These packages are of Vlightpaper and if exposed to' the weather' speedily become softened orweakenedrand broken. By means of'a ipocket cover made according to myinvention, effective protection is afforded in these different cases.

'The drawings represent various illustratlv'erembodiments of thefeatures of the 1nvention.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view Y of'a short portion of ahospital corps belt, showing one of the pockets thereof with thehood-like cover raised and the pocket filled withpackages,and showing,further, one of Y the said illustrative embodiments.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same from the left-hand side in Fig. 1. Fig.. 3is a front'view,'Fig. 4 a

side view, and Fig. 5 a top View showing Y making a Vsecond embodiment.'60

the cover closed down in place and fastened. Fig.V 6 shows a blank whichmay be used in 10, V11'are views corresponding in general -with Figs'l,2, 3, but-.showing another emp Fig. 7 illus- VVVtrates one'method ofproducing blanks like `that of Fig. 6. Fig. Spillustrates asecondVmethod Vof producing such blanks. Figs. 9,

"carrier is marked1` in each of the dierent viewsl in which it appears,and the pocket is marked 2'.' As shown, the said body or band-portionand pocket are formed of flexiblewoven material, and are producedintegral with each other by proper procedure in weaving. Only one pocketis shown in each instance, and when desired Va carrier may consist of orbe provided with a single pocket, but usually in practice a carrier isfurnished with a plurality ovfpockets. The invention is applicable ineitherV case. ln the various views showing pocketsthe latter arerepresented,by'fway of illustration, as filled and expanded by packages3,3, such as commonly contain thesupplies that are furnished to thehospital corps. The filled pockets in these instances are substantiallyrectangular in cross-section.

In the case of each embodiment shown herein the cover is secured inplace in proper relations fwith'the pocket by means of a rearwardextension from the topV of the cover. This extension is made fast insome approved manner at the back .of Ythe pocket. Preferably'itisinserted into a housing slit provided in the upper portion of web 1,as shown in the drawings, in which slit it is secured `in practice bymeans of-stitches or other convenient fastenings. The said housing slitis of the character of the housing slits shown, described and claimedinU. S. Letters Patent No. 1,139,629 granted tome under dateof May A18,1915. VIts, employment is preferred, but is not indispensable.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to V5V the coverjiscomposed of twostrips of woven material fastened together in therequired relations.OneV ofsuch strips extends vfrom` front-V to rear Y and forms therearward extension 4L, and also one thickness of the top 5 of the cover,and the front 6 of the cover. V'llhe'other strip extends trans- V wings,or skirts,17,.7,of the cover and one, `8, Fig. l, ofthe'hthicknesses ofthe top of the cover. At 9, 9, 9a, 9a, Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are lines ofstitches bywhich the two thicknesses composing the cover-top Varefastened together. Lines 9, 9, are parallel with and close tothe'side-edges ofthe strip that extends from' front to rear, suchVstriprbeing a little widerthan the filled pocket isl from side to side.'The transverse strip is a little Y wider than the filled pocket is from'front to rear, vand the lines 9a, 9a, of stitchesrare parallelV withYand'closeto the front and rear edgesof the said strip. VOther lines ofstitches may be applied, 'and otherlor additional means for securing thetwo strips together. The end-portions of the transverse strip are bentat right angles at the opposite sides of the other strip to produce theside-wings or skirts 7, 7, and the latter strip is bent at right anglesat the front edge of the transverse strip to produce the front 6. Thefront edges of the wings or skirts, 7, 7, are united to the side edgesof front 6 by lines of stitches 10, 10, or other connecting means. Thefree end of front 6, and free edges of skirts 7, 7, are folded back uponthemselves, or hemmed, as shown, to hide and protect cut edges and givesmooth firm edges that will not fray or ravel.

The top 5 of the cover made as just explained has a well-definedrectangularity closely corresponding in area and general proportionswith the cross-section of the filled and expanded pocket, and thesidewings or skirts form well-dened angles with the said top, and withthe front. The width of the strip that extends from front to rear, anddistance apart of the lines 9, 9, of stitches, determine the lateralmeasurement of the top, and the width of the transversely-extendingstrip determines its measurement from front to rear. Thus the cover hasand retains a shape corresponding with that of the lled and expandedpocket. Then it is Aclosed down into place as in Figs. 3, 4, 5, itconstitutes a complete protecting hood for the pocket. As will be seenin the said views, the skirts or side-wings 7, 7, close in the spaces atopposite sides of the top of the pocket so that there are no openingssuch as exist at such places when the old-style coversflaps areemployed. The entrance of rain, snow, sand, mud, or other matter at suchplaces is prevented, and small articles contained within a pocket cannotescape.

Fastening means is provided for the purpose of holding the cover or hoodsecurely closed. The drawings show means of usual character comprising astud 11 applied to and projecting from the front wall of the pocket, anda ccperating socket 12 applied to the front 6 of the cover or hood.

Preferably, though not necessarily in all cases, strips of webbing wovenof the proper width Vwith rm woven selvages are` employed in theconstruction of the co-ver or hood, thereby rendering unnecessaryfolding or hemrning of the longitudinal edges of such strips,andavoiding bulkiness of the securing seams. When a selvaged transversestrip is employed, the rear edges of the sidewings Vor skirts areselvage edges. The double cloth top over the opening of the pocket givesa double water-proofing protection to the contents of the pocket. Incase a cover on the order of that shown in Figs. 1 to 5 but having onlya single thickness of material in the top thereof is desired,

lateral edges of the top or top and front, respectively, formed by lthestrip that extends from front to rear.

Fig'.V 6 shows a one-piece blank, shaped in the weaving, andFigs.l 9,10, 11 show a onepiece cover made of a blanklike that of Fig. 6. In thecaseofthis blank and cover, the. side-wings or Skirts 7 a, 7a, and front6a, are lateral and forward extensions, respectively, of the top 5, andare integral with the latter. This particular blank may be produced byweaving a web like -that shown in Fig. 7 composed of alternate narrowsec-l tions 60, 60, etc., and wide sections 70, 70, etc., and having thewarp-threads fw, w, etc., that are used in weaving the lateral wings ofthe wide sections floated and left unwoven betwBeIl one wide Section andthe next, as shown, and after the removal of such web from the loomcutting it across on the lines m-m, m-fm, etc., so as to separate itinto a number of blanks. Such a web may be woven either in a flat stateas in Fig. 7, extended transversely to its full width, or by well-knownprocedure it may be woven as in Fig. 8 with the wing-portions foldedinward relative to eachother and the intermediate portion of the web, soas to take up less width in the loom. After cutting the said web acrosson the lines www, m-m, etc., and trimming off the loose ends ofwarp-threads projecting from the transverse edges of the wings 7a, 7a,the blank will resemble that shown in Fig. 6,V

in having the extension 6a; for the front of the cover, the lateralwings 7a, 7a, for the side-wings or skirtsof the cover, and theextension 4a to serve in connecting the cover to the back wall of thepocket as explained hereinbefore. This blank will have firm selvagededges at 6b, 6b, along the extension 6a, and at 7, 7b, along thewing-extensions. The ends 6, 4C, and lfront and rear ends 7 c, 7c, ofthe wing-extensionsr will be cut or raw edges. In making the cover, theend 6C will befolded back upon itself and stitched as in Fig. 11, theedges 7c, 7c, will be folded or hemmed and secured by the stitches 10a,10b, as in Figs. 10 and 11, and the extension t will be inserted intothe housing-slit of the'pocket-back and madefast therein. One

edge of veach wing-extension 7a will be securedl to the contiguous edgeof the frontsection by the lineof stitches 101?. To per-l mit the'edge's7c, 7, of the lateral'wings to be folded back or hemrned as shown inFig. 9, the blank is woven with longitudinal slits at 7X, 7", 7X, 7",Fig. 6, or such slits may be cut therein. VThe top 5, and front 6a, arey of a Single thickness, and there are no seams'. 1' required Vat eitherside of the top .or atthe forwardV edge of the same. i

. The embodimentshown inFigs. l2 to 16 isfeomposed of tWo Vstrips ofWebljiing cross-l ing each other at right angles as inthe VcaseV l ofthe embodiment Vshown in Figsfl toVY 5.

It differsfromlthe said embodiment shown Yin Y Figs. 1 to 5 inainlyinthe respect that Whereas in thelatter the intermediate portion of thetransverse strip lies against one surface of the other strip in the topV5 of the cover orhood, in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1271,30 V16 theintermediate portion of the transverse the strip extending from front torear. The

lateral edges of the top 5d and the'contig-V nous edges of theside-Wings or skirts 7d, 7d, are secured togetherY by continuations 102i10e, Fig. 16, of the lines 9?, 9E. At the back edges'of the side-Wingsor skirts 7d, 7d, the

endsof the transverse strip are folded or hemmedV and stitched, toconceal, bind in, and protect the raw out edges of such ends.

'Preferably asin the case of the embodiment Vshown in Figs. 1 to, stripsof webbing Woven of the proper Width, with firm woven selvages, areemployed in the construction Vof the cover or hood, to renderunnecessary Vfolding or hemming ofV the longitudinal edges of suchstrips, and avoid bulkiness of the securing seams, and when a selvagedrtransversestripis employed the lower edges of the side-Wings or skirtsare constituted by one of the selva-ges of the said strip.

The fastening lmembers 11, 12, are shown applied to the front of thepocket and the front of the cover or hood,as in the other embodimentsthat have been described. In'soin'e cases,.the strip thatextends fromYfront to rear may terminate at the front edge of theV top 5d, and theintermediate portion of the transverse strip, alone, may

y`'constitute the front of thecover or hood.

In embodiments of either of the types shown in Figs. 1 to 5, and Figs. 12 to 16, the transverseostrip may lie outside the other strip, ifY suchrelative arrangement of the tvvo strips` is deemed ldesirableforanyreason.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 17, `Sheet 5, the constructionresemblesthat of Figs. 12 to 16, except thatat the outset the transverse stripisvconsiderably longer than thatV of the latter views, and insmaking thecoversuch strip V,has its end-portions doubled backfupon theintermediate portion so as to fprodu'ce WingsV or skirts 7i, 71', Which'are of two thicknesses. y

said ,doubled-back end-'portionsrrare inserted between the intermediate*portionV of fsuch stripV and the forward end-portion of ether TheVextremities Vof the other strip, and arethus concealed in the front6fof the coverf YYThe twolthicknesses vofthe transverse strip areVVheldtogetlier 'along their VVlower edgesby stitches. The

back-edges 7g, 7g, of the Wings or skirts are vconstituted by the "foldsof tliertransverse Various other modifications may be made in theconstruction, mode Vof combining the parts, and'in the manner of joiningor uniting. Y

I claim asmy invention V1. A carrier of Woven materialhaviiig a fiexiblepocket of Woven fabricprovided ivitli a hood also ofV Woven fabric,united flexibly to the back of the pocket, the said hood having a top ofWell-defined"rectangularity corresponding in area With the'cross-Vsection of the filledpocket, aV front extension havingWovenvside-selvages, which extends doivn infront of the pocket, andside-skirts which are connected Witlithe top and front of the hoodandoverlap and inclose the sides of the'pocket, the said side-skirtsconsisting of integral portions of oneV and the sainetransversely-extending.piece of fabric and having Woven 'selvages, eachside skirt secured along one selvaged edge thereof to a selvaged edge ofan adjoining portion of the hood Vwhereby the hood is shaped and isadapted to surround the upper portion of the filled andexpanded pocketat both sides as well as the front.

2. carrier of Woven material having a flexible pocket of lWoven fabricprovided with aV hood also of Woven fabric, united flexibly to the backof the pocket, and having a front extension having Woven sideselvages,which extends down in front of the pocket, and side-skirts Which areintegral with a transverse portion of the hood-top and overlap andinclose the sides of the pocket, the said side-skirts secured along thefront edges thereof tothe corresponding Woven selvages of the said frontextension, whereby the hood is shaped and is ada ted to surround theupper portion of the lled Y and expanded pocket at both. sides as Wellas the front. 3. A Woven carrier comprising a body- Vweb, a VWovenpocket projecting from the face thereof, and a hood of flexible materialadapted to surround and fit the upper portion of theiilled and expandedpocket, comprisingY an attaching portion which is made fast to thebody-Web 'at the back of the pocket,'afront extensionY having Wovensideselva'ges, ,which extends down in front of the pocket, and deepside-skirts which extend 'alongside the sides of thepocket and areintegral portions of the same transversely-extending piece of: fabric,and Vmeans for fas- Y* tening said hood in closed*Y condition.

4. A Woven.carriercomprising a bodyweb, aV Woven kpocket: .projectingfrom the face thereof, and an -attachedhoodof flexible Vmaterial Vwhichis secured by a rear extensionthereof to the body-Web,"having a top ofwell-defined rectangularity, a front extension having wovenside-selvages, which extends down in front of the front wall pocket, andside-skirts which unite at welldefined angles with the said top andextend down alongside the sides of the pocket, and prevent the existenceof openings at the opposite sides of the covered poeket,and means forfastening the hood in closed condition.

5. A woven carrier having a pocket, and a cover therefor comprising astrip of flexible material having a rearward extension which is securedat the back of the pocket, and a transverse strip secured to thefirst-mentioned strip and having end-portions constituting side-wings orskirts of the cover, a portion of said cover forming also a coverfront,whereby a hood-like cover is provided.

6. A woven carrier having a pocket, and a hood-like cover thereforcomprising a strip of iiexible material which is secured by its rea-rend at the hack of the pocket, an intermediate portion thereofconstituting one `thickness of the top of the cover, and a for- FRANK R.BATCHELDER.v

lVitnesses:

CHAs. RRANDALL, EUGENE A. SIssoN.

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